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Chapter 2: Q 12 (page 46)

Senator Borman interjects the following comment after the statements by Senators Creighton and Long reported in Problems 2-10 and 2-11: “In fact, both of my esteemed colleagues are wrong, because an unacceptably large portion of our nation’s resources is currently unemployed.” Of the labeled points on the diagram, which one is consistent with Senator Borman’s position?

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Point A is consistent with Senator Borman's position.

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Step 1. Given Information.

The graph for the capital goods and the consumer goods is,

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Step 2. The correct point.

Point A is consistent with Senator Borman's position because according to him there is unemployment and the economy is working inside the PPF curve.

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